PBS 08/2, 137 (P261082)

Legal tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 04886

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Manumission of a female slave Manumission document; 12 lines, 2 kinds of seal impressions on all the sides. *A piece of paper in the drawer says 4886 to 4900 ? 6/26/67"")

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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envelope
obverse
1. dub# nam-sikil-[la-ni-sze3]
 en: Document for her manumission.
2. {disz}esz18-dar-u2-ta#-ar# sag-geme2#
 en: Ištar-utar, a female slave,
3. {disz}nu-t,u3-up-tum dumu s,i-li2-{d}[utu]
 en: Nu(ṭ)ṭuptum, daughter of Ṣi(l)li-šamaš,
4. ama-ar-gi4-ni in-gar
 en: has set free (and)
5. sag-ki-ni in-dadag
 en: her forehead has cleansed;
6. dug nam-geme2-ni-sze3 in-gaz
 en: she has freed her from slavery (lit. she has broken the jar of her slavery).
7. dub nam-sikil-la-ni-sze3
 en: A manumission sealed document
8. in-na-an-tak4
 en: she has made out.
  blank space
9. iti gan#-gan-e3 u4 6(disz)-kam
 en: The month of Kislīmum, the day 6
10. mu sa-am-su-i-lu-na lugal-e usu ir9-ra {d}en-lil2-le mu-un-na-an-szum2-ma-ta
 en: (of) the year (in which) Samsu-iluna the king, by the fierce power which Enlil gave him (destroyed Shahna, ..., Zarhanum, Putra, Šuša ---).
reverse
  blank
seal 1
1. nu-t,u3-up-tum
 en: Nu(ṭ)ṭuptum,
2. lukur {d}nin-urta
 en: nadītu of Ninurta
3. dumu s,i-li2-{d}utu
 en: daughter of Ṣi(l)li-šamaš

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: Case, 1 side inscribed
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Manumission of a female slave Manumission document; 12 lines, 2 kinds of seal impressions on all the sides. *A piece of paper in the drawer says 4886 to 4900 ? 6/26/67"")
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: PBS 8/2, 137

    [Chiera1922PBS8/2] Chiera, Edward. 1922. Old Babylonian Contracts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 8/2. Philadelphia: University Museum.

  • history: Mesop. Law, p. 106

    [Roth1979MesopLaw] Roth, Martha T. 1979.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 04886
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-15 at 13:29:52 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2022-06-07 at 08:38:03 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2021-03-27 at 10:41:08 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Guidi, Carlo CDLI Approved View
2020-07-07 at 06:20:46 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 08/2, 137 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P261082.
PBS 08/2, 137 artifact entry (No. P261082). (2024, July 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261082 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 137 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261082 (Accessed: February 16, 2026).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 15},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 137 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P261082},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261082},
}


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M1  - 2026/2/16/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 137 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P261082
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“PBS 08/2, 137 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P261082.
PBS 08/2, 137 artifact entry (No. P261082). (2024, July 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P261082 (Original work published 2005)
PBS 08/2, 137 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P261082 (Accessed: February 16, 2026).
@misc{2024PBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 15},
	title = {PBS 08/2, 137 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P261082},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P261082},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/15/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P261082
LB  - CDLI:P261082
M1  - 2026/2/16/
TI  - PBS 08/2, 137 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P261082
ER  -
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